Article of furniture



April 23, 1957 p s vQ5B|K|AN ETAL ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Filed Oct. 8,1952 ATTORNEY United States Patent ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Peter S.Vosbikian and Thomas S. Vosbikian, Melrose, Pa.

Application October 8, 1952, Serial No. 313,704

1 Claim. (Cl. 155-196) The object of this invention is to devise anarticle of furniture which may be in the form of a stool. chair, tableor bench and relates more particularly to a novel manner of securing thelegs to a top by forming angle holes in the top and stretcher cross barsmaintaining the legs in expanded or stretched condition without the useof additional parts such as nails or wedges, or by gluing.

By such construction, the parts can readily be assembled and taken apartby unskilled labor and the component parts can be shipped in a knockdowncondition to be assembled by the ultimate purchaser with a saving inmanufacture and shipping costs.

With the foregoing and other objects in view as will hereinafter clearlyappear, our invention cornprehends a novel article of furniture having atop and legs, the top being provided with angle holes to receive thelegs, and the legs being maintained in a stretched or expanded conditionin two directions by stretcher cross bars.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, we have shown in theaccompanying drawings a preferred embodiment of it which we have foundin practice to give satisfactory and reliable results. It is, however,to be understood that the exact arrangement and organization of theinstrumentalities can be varied within the scope of the appended claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an article of furniture embodying ourinvention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of a top or seat for the article offurniture.

Figure 3 is a transverse section through the top and stretcher crossbars.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional detail showing an angle hole and leg.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a stretcher cross bar.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings:

For purpose of illustration, the article of furniture has been shown inthe form of a stool 1, having a top or seat 2 and two pair of legs 3, 4,5 and 6. These legs I are preferably of metal such as aluminum or itsalloys in tubular form and are closed at the bottom by ground contactingcushioning members such as the cups 7 shown.

One pair of legs 3 and 4 are connected by a stretcher cross bar 8, andthe other pair of legs 5 and 6 are connected by a stretcher cross bar 9.The cross bars 8 and 9 are connected by a stretcher cross bar 10. Sincethe cross bars 8 and 9 are of the same construction, a description ofone will sutlice for both. Each cross bar 8 or 9 is flattened atopposite ends at an angle and shaped to form curved bearing portions 11to engage the rounded legs, and such bearing portions and the legs areapertured to receive fastening devices 12 such as the ice bolts andthumb nuts illustrated. The cross bar 10 is flattened at its ends toform curved bearing portions 13 and such bearing portions and the crossbars 8 and 9 are apertured to receive the fastening devices 14 such asthe bolts and nuts shown.

Angle holes 15 open through the bottom face of the top and inclineinwardly and upwardly towards the center portion of the top, see Figures2 and 4.

The legs have a working or loose fit in the holes 15.

The distance between the end apertures of the cross bars 8 and 9 isgreater than the normal distance between the legs of their pairs, andthe distance between the end apertures of the cross bar 10 is greaterthan the normal distance between the cross bars 8 and 9, thus the legsare expanded or stretched in two directions at right angle to ahorizontal plane through the holes. When a pair of legs have beeninserted into their holes and a stretcher cross bar secured to themwhich is of greater length than the distance between the legs, the legsof such pair are expanded or stretched apart thus causing opposite sidesof the leg portions within the holes to be tightly pressed againstjuxtaposed portions of the walls of the holes. When the cross bar 10 isassembled, the legs of the pairs are expanded in a direction at rightangles to the direction of expansion of the individual legs of a air.

It will thus be clear that the legs cannot become loose or removed fromthe top when maintained in the above manner in a stretched or expandedcondition without breaking away the portions of the top at the holeswhich are at the inner sides of the leg portions within the holes.

When the component parts are assembled and the legs are maintained in anexpanded position, the legs are pressed tightly against the wall of anangle hole at x and y as shown in Figure 4.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

An article of furniture, comprising a seat having angle holes openingthrough its bottom and extending inwardly and upwardly towards thecenter of the seat, tu-

bular legs arranged in pairs with their upper ends having a loose fit inthe angle holes, a stretcher bar for each pair of legs, and a crossstretcher bar connecting the pairs of stretcher bars and stretching thelegs in a direction at right angles to their first stretch and causinginner top edge walls of the legs and the outer walls of the legs Wherethe holes open through the bottom of the seat to indent into andcompress the side walls of the holes at such locations to lock the legswith the seat, the inner wall of a leg between its top portion indentedinto the seat and the bottom of the seat being out of contact with thejuxtaposed wall of the angle hole, and the outer wall of a leg betweenthe portion indented into the seat at the bottom portion of the anglehole and the top of the leg being out of contact with the juxtaposedwall of such angle hole.

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